The Result
Newsflash (as promised)
On the afternoon of Tuesday 30th August, exactly 3 working days after that shocker of an interview, I, Ms Danielle Butters acquired my shiny new visa which has been stuck into the shiny maroon British passport! Horrah to me!
To say that I was flabbergasted is a rather large understatement! I am so chuffed it’s as if I’m a seven year old with a brand new bike!
I got the dredded letter through the post and I really didn’t want to open the damn thing but I knew it wasn’t going to open itself. So off I trotted, got comfy and peeled back the envelope. What’s amusing is that it took me about a minute to read the damn letter before I had realized that I had been accepted. A little squeal and jig around the room and I was smiling from ear to ear.
I went down to the immigration office in Sydney again today to get the actual sticker put into my passport and I have to say, this whole process has been so painless its quite unbelievable. They were so prompt it put the UK government to shame!
The minute I got the letter through I went straight down to apply for Medicare which is like their National Health Service. That was stupidly painless too. Another thing that sprang into my mind just today was that I needed to apply for a tax File Number for when I start work. So online I went only an hour ago, and can you believe it, within 5 minutes, I filled in an online questionnaire and my number is on its way in the post. What a wonderfully easy-to-use, customer friendly-nation this is!
So here I am, all ready to go and trying to sort myself out some work… that’s another whole episode in itself which will be told in due course! Trust me, what I’m planning is hysterical!
Another wonderful cliffhanger!
On the afternoon of Tuesday 30th August, exactly 3 working days after that shocker of an interview, I, Ms Danielle Butters acquired my shiny new visa which has been stuck into the shiny maroon British passport! Horrah to me!
To say that I was flabbergasted is a rather large understatement! I am so chuffed it’s as if I’m a seven year old with a brand new bike!
I got the dredded letter through the post and I really didn’t want to open the damn thing but I knew it wasn’t going to open itself. So off I trotted, got comfy and peeled back the envelope. What’s amusing is that it took me about a minute to read the damn letter before I had realized that I had been accepted. A little squeal and jig around the room and I was smiling from ear to ear.
I went down to the immigration office in Sydney again today to get the actual sticker put into my passport and I have to say, this whole process has been so painless its quite unbelievable. They were so prompt it put the UK government to shame!
The minute I got the letter through I went straight down to apply for Medicare which is like their National Health Service. That was stupidly painless too. Another thing that sprang into my mind just today was that I needed to apply for a tax File Number for when I start work. So online I went only an hour ago, and can you believe it, within 5 minutes, I filled in an online questionnaire and my number is on its way in the post. What a wonderfully easy-to-use, customer friendly-nation this is!
So here I am, all ready to go and trying to sort myself out some work… that’s another whole episode in itself which will be told in due course! Trust me, what I’m planning is hysterical!
Another wonderful cliffhanger!
posted by Danielle at 9:28 pm
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Well done Kido ! I always knew you could do it ! I just can't wait to hear the next part re : "Trust me, what I’m planning is hysterical!"
Give 'em HELL !
All the best - Ken !
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